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Bake Sales Are My B*tch: A food allergy cookbook with a sense of humor, 60+...

As the mom to a 13-year-old with peanut and tree nut allergies, I had a feeling that Bake Sales Are My B*tch: Win the Food Allergy Wars with 60+ Recipes to Keep Kids Safe and Parents Sane by April...

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Web Coolness: Frosé popsicles, cloud eggs, light saber churros, and more.

Here are our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you enjoy them too!   Boozy wine popsicles, because summer!!! (Photo: @popspoparazzi on Instagram) What happened when one...

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Food as a weapon? A new study on bullying and food allergies that all parents...

I’m a firm believer that there is much more good than bad in the world, but a recent article in The Washington Post about bullying kids with food allergies has me questioning my optimism. “Bullies use...

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Summer camp with food allergies? For sure, with these helpful tips.

Sending your child with food allergies to summer camp, whether it’s a day camp or a sleep away camp, can be a challenge. But not one that you can’t tackle. As with most aspects of day-to-day living...

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The essential school lunch shopping list: Everything your pantry needs to...

One of the most popular requests that we get is for easy school lunch recipes. While we’re happy to oblige — from gluten-free school lunch ideas to creative ideas for how to pack veggies in school...

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How to make DIY Sunflower Seed Butter — and save tons of money.

More and more schools are requiring allergy-friendly school lunches, which means PB&Js are off the menu for many of us. For parents who don’t want to spend a bundle on store-bought peanut butter...

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8 allergy free supermarket snacks for safer back-to-school lunches |...

With 1 out of 13 children diagnosed with a food allergy and schools becoming increasingly allergy aware, more and more families are on the search for allergy-free snacks to send to school. Having a...

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10 high protein snacks for kids you can pick up at the grocery store to avoid...

My kids are back in school, which means that our lazier days of summer have turned into early morning wake-ups and busy scheduled days. To help keep up their energy levels (and mine) and to avoid the...

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New allergy-free Halloween candy to add to our annual guide — and to...

Halloween with food allergies can be truly scary. Given that 1 in 13 children have food allergies these days, many families prefer to participate in non-candy treat campaigns like the Teal Pumpkin...

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One-to-one allergy-free baking substitutes for easy allergy-friendly holiday...

Thanks to a growing awareness of food allergies, there are much more advanced allergy-friendly products and baking techniques readily available to the home cook. It’s pretty amazing, actually. But this...

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Netflix takes a look at peanut allergies in its new food doc series, Rotten.

The new, six-part food documentary series on Netflix, Rotten, focuses on the least appetizing part of the food industry: corruption and the inhumane treatment of animals. But as a mom to a teenage...

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6 companies making Easter chocolates for kids with food allergies. Because...

As a parent of a child with food allergies, I know what a big deal it is to find allergy-friendly Easter chocolate. Delivering on Easter Bunny expectations can be tricky, especially when it comes to...

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Why we think you’ll love the new line of Elmhurst plant-based, non-dairy milks.

I am so stoked to have recently discovered Elmhurst Milks, a plant-based and hella delicious new line of 10 non-dairy milks made from both nuts and grains. Elmhurst actually started as a traditional...

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5 of the best dairy-free ice cream brands: Flavors so good you’d never know...

Ice cream and summer: you can’t really have one without the other, right? But, gah! For kids (and adults!) with dairy allergies or sensitivities, or families like mine that have made a switch to eating...

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True or false: Can fun-size and mini Halloween candy can contain nuts even if...

Each year, so many parents looking out for kids with allergies want to know whether it’s true that Halloween fun-size or mini candies may contain nuts, even if the full-size candies are known for being...

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How to talk to your children about kids with food allergies: What to say and...

Ever since last year, the story has stayed with me about English 13-year-old, Karanbir Cheema, who died when another student threw a piece of cheese down his shirt. He was so highly allergic, that he...

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Can the Nima portable peanut or gluten tester save your life? We tried it out.

If you’re the parent of a child with a severe or even life-threatening food allergy, you know how terrifying it can be simply to eat out, even at a trusted restaurant. And a portable new device called...

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How to make Halloween more safe (and inclusive!) for kids with peanut + tree...

We have always had an acute awareness about making Hallowen safe for kids with peanut and tree nut allergies. Especially because some of our own kids of our team members on Cool Mom Picks have grappled...

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The 8 best gluten-free pizza brands that our readers swear by

Anyone out there in need of suggestions for gluten-free pizza? Because yeah, we’re all as tired of cooking as you are right now, and I am not at all above adding good frozen pizzas to my weekly meal...

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Sweet and celebratory allergy-free birthday cake ideas for kids with strict...

I’ve had to navigate the world of food allergies with my kids for almost two decades, but not eating eggs and dairy seems like a walk in the park compared to some families whose kids have to avoid...

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